Fairhope real estate developer pleads guilty in wetlands case

GULFPORT, Miss. | A real estate developer accused of wetlands and Clean Water Act violations in Hancock County has pleaded guilty in federal court.

The Associated Press

GULFPORT, Miss. | A real estate developer accused of wetlands and Clean Water Act violations in Hancock County has pleaded guilty in federal court.The U.S. Department of Justice, in a news release, said William R. “Rusty” Miller, of Fairhope pleaded guilty Tuesday to the unpermitted filling of wetlands near Bay St. Louis, in violation of the Clean Water Act.Miller admitted to having caused the excavation and filling of wetlands at 10 locations on a 1,710-acre parcel of undeveloped property without permission. He faces up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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